PURPOSE:

This educational activity seeks to improve understanding and skills of registered nurses and other allied healthcare professionals by describing the most recent innovations and management strategies in cardiovascular medicine.

Target Audience:

Registered Nurses. In addition, we believe that Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and other healthcare workers will find the presentations useful.

Course Objectives:

Registered Nurses and others that attend will improve their abilities to:

• Identify the latest treatment modalities in the management of Congestive Heart Failure.
• Differentiate between various types of stress testing, understand their indications, and describe nursing implications for each.
• Describe common "pitfalls" with the use of cardiac medications and propose strategies for avoiding them.
• Assess patients with implantable cardiac devices confidently and understand management strategies for device therapy.
• Describe new guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation.
• Understand procedures performed in the Electrophysiology Laboratory and management of patients post-procedure.
• Identify treatment options for coronary disease and describe risk factor management strategies.

Location:

The Renaissance Charlotte SouthPark Hotel, 5501 Carnegie Blvd, Charlotte, North Carolina

Meals:

Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Faculty:

Samuel H. Zimmern, MD - Course Physician Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Service, The Sanger Clinic
Christine Worthy, ACNP-BC, CEPS - Course Co-Director, Electrophysiology Dept, The Sanger Clinic
Ashley Moore, ANP-BC - Course Co-Director, Adult Cardiology Dept, The Sanger Clinic
Corey Guess, FNP-BC - Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplant Division, Carolinas Medical Center
Nancy Lee, RN, BSN, CEPS - Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, Carolinas Medical Center
Debra Miller, PharmD, BCPS - Cardiology Clinical Specialist, Carolinas Medical Center
Robin Smith, RN, BSN, CCDS - Director, Cardiac Rhythm Management Device Clinic, The Sanger Clinic
Kathy Venable, PA-C - Director, Midlevel Providers, Adult Cardiology Dept, The Sanger Clinic

SYMPOSIUM AGENDA:

7 a.m.	Registration and Breakfast
7:50-8 a.m.	Welcome and Introduction Samuel H. Zimmern, MD
8-8:40 a.m.	Innovations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure Corey Guess, FNP-BC
8:40-9:20 a.m.	ABC's of Pacemakers and ICD's: Answers to Common Questions Robin Smith, RN, BSN, CCDS
9:20-10 a.m.	Making the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease: So Many Tests, So Little Time Kathy Venable, PA-C
10-10:40 a.m.	The Skinny on Metabolic Syndrome and How It Impacts Your Patients Ashley Moore, ANP-BC
10:40-11 a.m.	Break
11-11:40 a.m.	Atrial Fibrillation Update 2008 Christine Worthy, ACNP-BC, CEPS
11:40 a.m.-12:20 p.m.	The EP Lab: Description and Nursing Implications of Electrophysiology Procedures Nancy Lee, RN, BSN, CEPS
12:20-1 p.m.	Pitfalls in Cardiac Pharmacology and How To Avoid Them Debbie Miller, PharmD, BCPS
1:15-2 p.m.	Lunch and Case Studies Samuel H. Zimmern, MD

 

Credit Designation Statement:

Charlotte Area Health Education Center is an approved provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the North Carolinas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. 5.4 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hours will be awarded to RN's attending the entire conference. No partial credit will be awarded.
Other Health Care Professionals:
0.50 Continuing Education Units will be awarded.

Disclosure

Disclosures of faculty and commercial support relationships, if any, will be made known at the activity.

ADA Statement:

If you need any auxiliary aides or services identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act in order to attend this conference, please contact Norma Wright at 704-444-4037 or by email. This request must be received 7 days prior to the activity.

Registration
Registration currently FULL for this event.